Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Scientists have seen it between 1060 and 1270 meters above sea level.

The top and sides of the head are bright, luminous green in color.

It lives in cloud forests where the tree branches form a closed canopy.

[3] Scientists named this frog for Poppy Valentina Meyer because both her parents supported the Global Amphibian Assessment.

[3] Like other frogs in Pseudophilautus, P. poppiae undergoes direct development, hatching as a froglet with no free-swimming tadpole stage.